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Women's access to finance emerges as biggest test for NDS2
As Zimbabwe implements the National Development Strategy Two, the biggest challenge facing women's economic empowerment is no longer the absence of policy but the failure to unlock finance and busines...
GDP grows, but Zim faces tougher test of turning stability into jobs
Zimbabwe's economy expanded by 8.3 percent in 2025, one of its strongest performances in recent years, but the Government now faces a more difficult challenge of translating macroeconomic stability in...
Star Africa Warns Informal Trade, Sugar Tax Threaten Recovery
 Star Africa Corporation says Zimbabwe's highly informal economy, tax policy and cheap imports remain major obstacles to growth, even as the sugar producer returned to profitability after a difficult...
Three Shareholders Seek Buyer for Controlling Stake in Dairibord
Dairibord Holdings Limited could be headed for a change in control after three of its largest shareholders disclosed that they are negotiating with an unnamed third party over the possible sale of a c...
Elias Mambo's New Book Puts African Newsrooms at the Centre of Global Digital Transformation
Zimbabwean media executive Elias Mambo has published Digital Transformation and the Future of News: A Global South Perspective. The book that does something the global journalism literature has rarely...
Albwardy brings Grand Hyatt to Victoria Falls as Meikles weighs final hotel exit
ZimNow Business DeskDubai-based Albwardy Investments is expanding its Zimbabwe hospitality footprint, with the closed Kingdom Hotel set to reopen as Grand Hyatt Victoria Falls The Kingdom in late 2027...
Old Mutual migrates to VFEX after 6-year suspension on ZSE
 Old Mutual Limited will resume trading in Zimbabwe after announcing the migration of its secondary listing from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange to the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange, bringing to an end a...
Reusable Pads Bring Hope to Rural Schoolgirls
For thousands of girls in rural Zimbabwe, menstruation continues to interrupt their education as many miss lessons because they cannot afford sanitary products.Some resort to unsafe alternatives, whil...
Zimbabwe Inflation Stays Below 5% as RBZ Cuts Rates, but Will Stability Reach the Real Economy?
Zimbabwe's annual inflation has remained below five percent for six consecutive months, giving the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) greater confidence to begin easing monetary policy after nearly two ye...
Zimbabwe Remains Lower-Middle Income as Vision 2030 Clock Ticks
 Zimbabwe has retained its lower-middle-income classification in the World Bank's latest income rankings, underscoring both the progress the country has made in stabilising its economy and the signifi...